The given equation
x/2 = y/3 = z/4
can be broken into three separate equations which I'll call equations (A), (B) and (C)
- x/2 = y/3 ..... equation (A)
- y/3 = z/4 .... equation (B)
- x/2 = z/4 .... equation (C)
We'll start off solving for z in equation (C)
x/2 = z/4
4x = 2z ... cross multiply
2z = 4x
z = 4x/2 ... divide both sides by 2
z = 2x
Now let's solve for y in equation (A)
x/2 = y/3
3x = 2y
2y = 3x
y = 3x/2
y = (3/2)x
y = 1.5x
The results of z = 2x and y = 1.5x both have the right hand sides in terms of x. This will allow us to replace the variables y and z with something in terms of x, which means we'll have some overall expression with x only. The idea is that expression should simplify to 3 if we played our cards right.
We won't be using equation (B) at all.
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The key takeaway from the last section is that
Let's plug those items into the expression (2x-y+5z)/(3y-x) to get the following:
(2x-y+5z)/(3y-x)
(2x-y+5(2x))/(3y-x) ..... plug in z = 2x
(2x-y+10x)/(3y-x)
(12x-y)/(3y-x)
(12x-1.5x)/(3(1.5x)-x) .... plug in y = 1.5x
(12x-1.5x)/(4.5x-x)
(10.5x)/(3.5x)
(10.5)/(3.5)
3
We've shown that plugging z = 2x and y = 1.5x into the expression above simplifies to 3. Therefore, the equation (2x-y+5z)/(3y-x) = 3 is true when x/2 = y/3 = z/4. This concludes the proof.
Answer:
30=5x
Step-by-step explanation:
divide by 5 on both sides
30/5=5x/5
x=6
Answer:
y = 5/4x + 12
Step-by-step explanation:
5x - 4y = 4
-4y = -5x + 4
y = (-5x + 4)/-4
y = 5/4x - 1
Parallel Slope ---> m = 5/4
(-8, 2)
y = mx + b
2 = 5/4(-8) + b
2 = 5 * -2 + b
2 = -10 + b
12 = b
b = 12
y = 5/4x + 12 <---- This is the answer
Hope this helps!
10x=y is the answer your're looking for.
Answer:
16m
Step-by-step explanation:
Separate the rectangle from the triangle. The area of the rectange is <u>10m</u>. We know this because <em>l x w</em> (2m x 5m).
Now for the triangle;
The area of a triangle is <em>b x h / 2. </em>We take the full height of the figure and subtract 5 from it giving us 3 which is our height for the triangle. We then see that 2m is on the bottom and we add that 2m to the two separate 1m giving us 4m in total.
Now that we have the base and height of the triangle we plug in giving us 6m. Finally we add both the areas; 10m + 6m = <u>16m</u>.
